Curvy Kate Winslet Tops UK 'Perfect Body' Chart

Actress Kate Winslet has topped the UK national poll for the perfect celebrity body with 16% of the overall votes and Kelly Brook took second place with 15%. Super thin celebrities like Victoria Beckham and Kate Moss finished at the bottom of the poll, scoring just 1% each of the votes. Former Casualty actress and Slimming World Woman of the Year, Rebecca Wheatley, believes this marks a shift in people's perception of what is attractive. She says, "it's fantastic to see that finally women seem to be aspiring towards a healthy body shape that is realistic and achievable. It's definitely a step forward rather than persuading women to set their sights on being super thin, which can lead to misery when they fail to achieve their target..."

Perfect celebrity body table

Kate Winslet - 16%

Kelly Brook - 15%

Halle Berry - 12%

Cheryl Cole - 10%

Beyonce - 6%

Megan Fox - 5%

Lily Allen - 4%

Keeley Hazell - 2%

Sienna Miller - 2%

Kate Moss - 1%

Jordan - 1%

Victoria Beckham - 1%

Click here to read the full article "Curvy Kate Winslet Tops UK 'Perfect Body' Chart" published by MedicalNews Today (December 30 2009).

Source: MedicalNews Today

Follow up: Proposed New Standards for Marketing Healthy Foods to Kids

In response to my previous blog about child obesity, new nutrition standards have been published on how food should be marketed to children by the FTC and other government agencies.

Foods marketed to children would be required to provide a meaningful contribution to a healthful diet. Two options for marketers exist: A requirement that 50% of a food’s weight should come from healthful foods, including fruit, vegetable, whole grain, nuts, seeds, or beans. The second option is marketed food should contain any number of a minimum amount of listed foods that characterize a “healthful diet according to a preset list of foods that have been established. ”Foods exempt from the new standards would include 100% content products of fruits, vegetables, non-fat and low-fat milk and yogurt, whole grains, and water.

If this is adopted, the way in which we market and advertise to children will shift in favour of healthier foods that are better for children and away from unhealthy foods that have contributed to the rise in child obesity.

A final report to Congress is scheduled for July 15, 2010 by the Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to Children. A group that consists of representatives from the FTC, FDA, the United States Department of Agriculture, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.